From here, we realized that many of us had seen something like this ourselves, so we created a related phenomena list of other animals in various places that we had sadly come across as dead. From the forest preserve to the snow, to beaches or streets/backyards that surround our homes, we all could connect to the dead raccoon Mrs. Brinza found!
With all this dead stuff conversation, we agreed that all these animals that died, including the raccoon would eventually be gone. So we took to our paper and pencils and set out to create an initial model to explain our thinking behind what was causing the raccoon and surrounding area to change over time!
Next week we'll be comparing our models to see what we agreed upon along with any differences we might have!